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CyberSecurity Is Not Enough: Businesses Must Insure Against Cyber Losses

Joseph Steinberg

Ironically, while many larger enterprises purchase insurance to protect themselves against catastrophic levels of hacker-inflicted damages, smaller businesses – whose cyber-risks are far greater than those of their larger counterparts – rarely have adequate (or even any) coverage.

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White House Announces AI Cybersecurity Challenge

Schneier on Security

Interested would-be competitors can now submit their proposals to the Small Business Innovation Research program for evaluation and, eventually, selected teams will participate in a 2024 “qualifying event.” In other words: the government wants software that is capable of identifying and mitigating risks by itself.

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Decoding Security 127: We Got Conned

SiteLock

Breaking news last week, the NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Small Business Cybersecurity Act was signed into law. The bill will provide an avenue of resources and guidelines for small businesses to reduce their cybersecurity risks.

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Five Interesting Israeli CyberSecurity Companies

Joseph Steinberg

This list is not in any particular order, nor is it even remotely comprehensive (I am personally aware of well over 100 privately-held Israeli cybersecurity companies) – it is, however, illustrative of some of the areas of risk and of innovation that are presently on my mind.

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On the Need for an AI Public Option

Schneier on Security

Artificial intelligence will bring great benefits to all of humanity. But do we really want to entrust this revolutionary technology solely to a small group of US tech companies? Silicon Valley has produced no small number of moral disappointments. There’s also a practical argument.

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News alert: Massachusetts awards $2.3 million grant to strengthen cybersecurity ecosystem statewide

The Last Watchdog

Our administration knows how important it is to protect our municipal governments, small businesses, and community organizations from cybersecurity threats,” said Secretary Yvonne Hao of the Executive Office of Economic Development.

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Cybersecurity Industry News Review – March 28, 2023

CyberSecurity Insiders

NCSC Gives Small Businesses Tools to Build Up Cyber Defenses Meanwhile the U.K.’s s National Cyber Security Centre has launched a campaign to help small businesses tighten up their defenses. The cyber security specialist said its Risk Model Manager is designed to help organizations assess supply chain risk.